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CAST OPP FOR SUSPENDBR ENDS. No. 489,596. Patented Jan. 10, 1893.

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GEORGE E. ADAMS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRAUT &HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CAST-OFF FOR SUSPENDER-ENDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,596, dated January10, 1893. Application filed November 19, 1892. Serial No. 452,575. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ADAMS, of New Britain, in the county ofHartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cast-Offs for Suspender-Ends; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for permitting of theready detach ment of a suspender end and has for its object to provide adevice of this character of simple and unique design and which shall beparticularly applicable to that class of suspenders employing asuspender end of leather or other material substantially round in crosssection at the center and working through a loop or curved hook carriedby the suspender.

Referring to the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is afront elevation ofa cast-off enibodying my invention with a section of a suspender end indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the cast-off open and thesusponder end removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the centerof the device with the hook in dotted lines in the position it assumeswhen being opened. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the hook open orlowered.

Like letters of reference in the several figures indicate the sameparts.

The bodyA of the present device is adapted for attachment to thesuspender by means of a loop a and has formed upon it or integral withit a guide way or a substantially tubular portion B terminating at thelower end in a slightly curved or rounded lip or extension 12. Workinglongitudinally in this guide way is the substantially straight shank Cof the suspender end hook D, the latter as is usual being rounded orshaped to fit the body of the suspender end quite accuratelywithout,however, binding upon the same so as to interfere with freelongitudinal movement, and at each side is flanged outward to preventunnecessary wear-of the end. Then in its elevated position the mouth oropening of the hook is adapted to be closed by the depending lip orextension 17 on the body and the parts are held in this position undernormal circumstances by a catch or other suitable device. preferablysuch as hereinafter described and the escape of the suspender end isthereby prevented. With the parts in this position, when it is desiredto disengage the suspender end, the catch or look is released and thebody and hook moved longitudinally with relation to each other to openthe mouth of the hook and allow the end to pass out as will be readilyunderstood.

In the preferred construction, the catch for holding the parts in closedposition consists of a catch projection or lip E on the end of the hookitself and a recess or opening in the downwardly projecting tongue orlip 19 on the body, said parts being adapted to engage automaticallywhen the hook is elevated and to be disengaged by a transverse orforward movement of the hook when it is desired to lower the hook andrelease the suspender end.

It is obvious that the shank of the hook and lip or extension I) mayhave sufficient spring to hold the catch in engagement, however, Iprefer to provide an independent spring F secured to the upper end ofthe shank and projecting down to a point slightly above the top of thehook. By terminating the spring F at this point it is well adapted toperform the important function of preventing the entire separation ofthe hook from the body of the device, for by coming in contact with thedepending lip or projection on said body it resists the downwardmovement of the hook as shown clearly in Fig. 4.

For the sake of strength the aperture or recess in the tongue orprojection 19 and the catch or projection E are preferably elongatedsomewhat and the portion of the projection or elongation b is inclinedto facilitate the entry of the catch projection when the hook is pushedup.

In use the suspender end may be quickly and easily released, for bysimply pressing one finger on the back of the hook with the thumb on thetongue or extension of the body and body itself, the catch is easilydisengaged and the natural pressure will throw the hook open to thefullest extent allowing the end to pass out without obstruction, and inagain attaching the end it is only necessary to replace it in the hookand move the hook upward until the catch snaps into place and holds theparts in normal position.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new is:-

1. In asuspender end cast-off, the combination with the body providedwith a loop or equivalent means for attachment to a suspender end, andhaving the centrally arranged guide way therein, of the hook having theshank working in said guide way and a catch for holding the hookelevated, the end of the hook being bent to lie in proximity to or incontact with the body portion when elevated whereby the opening to thehook is closed; substantially as described.

2. In a suspender end cast oif the combination with the body portionhaving the guide way therein and the downward extension or lip, of thehook having the shank working in said guide way and a catch for holdingthe. hook elevated with the downward extension of the body bridging theopening of the hook; substantially as described.

3. In a cast off for suspender ends, the combination with the bodyportion having the guide way therein, and downwardly projectingextension or lip provided with a recess, of the hook having the shankworking in the guide way and the catch projection on the hookoo-operating with the recess in the lip or extension on the body;substantially as described.

4. In a suspender end cast off, the combination with the body having theguide way therein and lip provided with arecess, of the hook having theshank j ournaled in the guide way, the spring tongue carried by theshank and the catch projection on the end of the hook co-operating withthe recess in the lip for holding the hook in elevated position;substantially as described.

GEORGE E. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

G. W. TRAUT, II. C. IIINE.

